Thursday Three - 20 November 2025 

 

  • New AAG Briefing Paper: Strengthening reablement and ageing well initiatives to support aged care reforms
  • 58th AAG Conference highlights: Poster presentations and winner
  • Member benefit reminder: Have you signed up to Australian Ageing Agenda?

 

If you joined us in Alice Springs for the 58th AAG Conference, please take a moment to provide your feedback using the link sent via email. Your feedback plays an important role in future conference planning (conference delegates will receive another email with the link to move it up in your inbox). All completed surveys will be put into a draw to win a complimentary registration for the 2026 Melbourne Conference!*

(*Does not include travel or accommodation, valid for 2026 conference only)

New AAG Briefing Paper: Strengthening reablement and ageing well initiatives to support aged care reforms

Reablement and ageing well initiatives offer transformative potential for older people living in Australia and accessing aged care services as they age. With coordinated investment in workforce, data, and integrated models, these approaches can support people to age with dignity, autonomy, and improved wellbeing.

As the aged care reform agenda progresses post the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, there is a pivotal opportunity to enhance and expand reablement approaches and ageing well initiatives across the lifespan, with particular emphasis for people aged 50 years and older. 

This briefing paper explains why reablement and ageing well strategies should be integrated with aged care reforms. It uses recent Australian peer-reviewed evidence, including research by AAG members and network partners, to support implementation advice and discusses the limitations of this approach for people living with disability and dementia.

Read and share this important paper here

58th AAG Conference highlights: Poster presentations and winner

Congratulations to Cassandra Thomson (below top left), winner of the 2025 58th AAG Conference Poster Presentation, as voted by attendees in Alice Springs. Cassandra has won a free registration to the 59th AAG Conference in 2026, to be held in Melbourne.

This year’s conference posters packed a punch – detailing the amazing work currently happening across the field of ageing, connecting innovative research to policy and practice. We thank all AAGConf25 poster presenters for their time and effort to showcase their research!

Click the image below for a short video showcasing the 2025 poster presenters, including Shahinoor Akter, La Trobe University; and first-time conference attendees, Emily Moir, University of the Sunshine Coast, and Kelly Marriot-Statham, University of Canberra.

  
Pictured: (top left) Cassandra Thomson, University of Tasmania; (top right) Emily Moir, University of the Sunshine Coast; (middle right) Clare Stephenson, University of Canberra; (bottom row) Mayumi Kumarage, Edith Cowan University (WA); Kelly Marriot-Statham, University of Canberra; Shahinoor Akter, La Trobe University.

Member benefit reminder: Have you signed up to Australian Ageing Agenda?

AAG is a partner of and regular contributor to the Australian Ageing Agenda (AAA), the authoritative quarterly publication for people engaged within the ageing and aged care sectors. AAA provides a broad range of news, education and opinions with an emphasis on connecting and sharing knowledge. Our partnership strengthens the dialogue about ageing and aged care research, policy and practice in Australia.

Every AAG member can receive a free copy of AAA magazine. Simply go to ‘My preferences’ on your AAG member profile to select whether you’d like a hard copy delivered to your door. Please note that these are mailed out to the address that AAG has on file for you. Don’t forget to keep your address up to date to ensure you never miss an issue!

Sign up for AAA’s twice-weekly newsletter

You can also subscribe to receive regular AAA updates to your inbox, which includes a curated aged care newsletter every Wednesday and Friday.

Be sure to check out AAA’s online coverage of last week’s 58th AAG Conference in Mparntwe Alice Springs and Anita Westera and Renu Borst's featured wrap-up.

Not a member? Don’t miss out on this exclusive member benefit (and more!). Join now and take advantage of 50% off normal members' fees!